Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:56 AM EDT on May 6, 2016
- More People Are Biking in NYC (AMNY), Let’s Design Streets to Keep Them Safe (Gothamist)
- DOT’s Vision Zero Bike Helmet (News) Is an Oxymoron (Brooklyn Spoke)
- Got L Train Angst? (NYT, Bklyn Paper, News, 2nd Ave Sagas, WNYC) Make the Streets Work for Transit
- The Subway Has Bigger Problems Than Bad Etiquette (News)
- Schneiderman Opens Investigation Into Cuomo’s Economic Development Regime (WSJ)
- DOT Holding Three Woodhaven SBS Workshops This Month (QChron)
- Here’s the Map of EDC’s Expanded Ferry Service (NY1)
- Ya-Ting Liu Will Lead BQX Streetcar Lobbying Effort (DNA)
- Cap’n Transit Invites You to Let Your Transit Imagination Run Wild
- Woody Allen, Bike Lane BANANA (Gothamist, Post)
- Damned Bike Lanes (Advance)
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Ben Fried started as a Streetsblog reporter in 2008 and led the site as editor-in-chief from 2010 to 2018. He lives in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, with his wife.
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